How come I don't like the bridge position.

[some_dude]

Re: How come I don't like the bridge position.

I have a JB in one Strat and a Super Distortion in the other. No shortage of bass in either. Big strings help.

I don't like the bridge on clean, particularily with those two pups, although they are good for overdriven clean stuff. I use the bridge for rhythm and lead work.

I like the neck for clean and overdriven work, but it falls apart and turns muddy under high gain, where the bridge stays tight and punchy.

 

[brinton]

Re: How come I don't like the bridge position.

here's the thing though, I love the vintage strat for pos. 1-4, but that bridge is too thin. when you get a HB you might like the bridge sound and get enough bass but then what happens to the 4th pos. I don't think that splitting/parallel functioning a HB could sound like a strat, at least after you try a PRS 22/24 CU or standard (no offense, great guitars, but doesn't have the coolest tones). I think something like the twangbanger will give me a useful tone in the bridge, and maybe even a cooler rhythm tone for the 4th pos. with the extra twang and punch it could make it a little more charateristic instead of that even sounding slash rhythm which I like for stuff like floyd (brick in the wall part 2 or something, "we don't need no education" rhythm. The lead has of my favorite tone of all time, the strat neck is KING! :notworthy ). Anyway, change is mostly good and I guess with every pup set there are it's down sides.

 

[midnite_man]

Re: How come I don't like the bridge position.

that's pretty close to what I like ... I have APS's with the SSL-3 bridge, and get a nice tone spectrum.
I love the APS in the neck, but I'd like to try an SSL in the mid spot, and a Twangbanger bridge. Not really big contrasts as much as variations on a theme. the basic tone is there !

I'd go with APS-1's in neck and middle of this guitar, but the mid pup always sounds brighter than the neck pup in that axe, so I'm thinking the SSL-1 will compensate the tone nicely in the neck. The trick right now is finding a rw/rp version of the APS-1.

 

[bvc310]

Re: How come I don't like the bridge position.

here's the thing though, I love the vintage strat for pos. 1-4, but that bridge is too thin. when you get a HB you might like the bridge sound and get enough bass but then what happens to the 4th pos. I don't think that splitting/parallel functioning a HB could sound like a strat, at least after you try a PRS 22/24 CU or standard (no offense, great guitars, but doesn't have the coolest tones). I think something like the twangbanger will give me a useful tone in the bridge, and maybe even a cooler rhythm tone for the 4th pos. with the extra twang and punch it could make it a little more charateristic instead of that even sounding slash rhythm which I like for stuff like floyd (brick in the wall part 2 or something, "we don't need no education" rhythm. The lead has of my favorite tone of all time, the strat neck is KING! :notworthy ). Anyway, change is mostly good and I guess with every pup set there are it's down sides.

some HBs split do not sound strat single coily, but I used to have a a JB in the bridge of my strat, and when it was split it had very straty qualities, great pup. i wired it to be in series only when in pos. 4 and stay full in pos.5, there shematics for it on the seymour website.

 

[mjsever]

Re: How come I don't like the bridge position.

I agree with that statement completely, Gary!
Especially after taking 4 guitars in the last 5 years and swapping pickups out of every one of them at least 3 times each. These poor axes didn't know what they were going to sound like from one month to the next. I never really got to know them that well until I settled down with what's currently in all of 'em and finally played them enough to make acquaintances. Only I'm getting ready to go round #4 with old Mr. 60's Strat that I love dearly, but hasn't ever quite been able to capture the tone I've searched for in that axe. I'm going with a SSL-3 in the bridge, an APS-1 in the middle, and a SSL-1 in the neck this time, and I'm thinking this time I'm gonna get close.

I have a JB that I'm considering switching out- it's too bright in my naturally bright guitar, even with 250k pots. The Jazz in the neck sounds real nice, but I think it's a bit of a waste to only use the neck pickup all th time. What did you switch out your JB for and prefer?

It's amazing how different the JB/Jazz combo sounds in different guitars- I tried a Schecter and then a Charvel that had that combination, and I was amazed at the variation in the resulting tone. My guitar- too bright. The Schecter- too dull. But that Charvel.... it was like they were made for it.